The Approaching Festival Of The Girls' School.

to it . The interval before us is now short , but it is quite sufficient for any brother to make a fair list if he only devotes a little extra energy to the task than perhaps he wonld have done had he a few more weeks at disposal .

We trust that some few , at least , of our readers will see the force of this argument , ancl , by immediately and energetically undertaking the office of Steward , enforce the truth of it .

Quarterly Court Of The Girls' School.

QUARTERLY COURT OF THE GIRLS ' SCHOOL .

THE Quarterly Court of Subscribers to the Royal Masonio Institution for Girls was held on Saturday last , at Freemasons' Tavern , Colonel Creaton , Grand Treasurer , presiding . After the minutes of last Quarterly Court had been read and confirmed , Colonel Creaton was proposed as Treasurer of the Institution by Bro . Henry

Smith Prov . Representative West Yorkshire . Colonel Creaton had served the Institution well and faithfully ; he took a deep interest in ifc , and ought to be unanimously re-elected . Bro . W . Roebuck Pasfc Grand Steward , seconded the motion , which received unanimous assent . After Col .

Creaton had acknowledged the honour conferred upon him , Bro . Henry Smith made a suggestion that there should be agents for the Institution in different parts of the kingdom , who mig ht receive a commission for their collection of subscriptions , and he recouped any expense

hey might be pwt to for printing and postage , a course which would only involve the outlay of a few shillings or a couple of pounds , instead of £ 5 or £ 6 , which ifc cost ; the Institutions for the Secretaries to attend and receive what was subscribed . Colonel Creaton remarked that the

suggestion was doubtless a good one , but he pointed oufc that there was a law of the Institution which gave power to appoint a paid agent in every large town or centre . He did not think much had been done upon it up to the present timebut he was sure the Institution would

reim-, burse any expenses a brother was put to in increasing the funds . The law of the Institution was that an agent might be appointed by the General Committee in every large town , or for certain districts or centres that might be determined , whose duty should be to collect subscriptions

for the Institution , and such agent shonld be paid a commission , on such a scale as the Committee shonld see fit . Bro . Henry Smith said he had entirely overlooked that rule ; but Bro . J . R . Hine . of Manchester , said the rule had been in force several years . Bros . J . W . Berrie , J . F .

Corben , W . Dodd , A . Moore , E . C . Massey , H . Massey , J . J . Caney , W . Dickenson , C . Pugsley , French , and Herbert Wright were elected on the General Committee of Annual or Life Subscribers for the year . The election of

twenty-two girls out of an approved list of twenty-eight candidates was then proceeded with . The result list will be found in our Advertisement columns ; we give here , however , the List of Unsuccessful Candidates , with the number of votes each obtained . The London brethren

succeeded with seven candidates , Durham one , Kent two , Cheshire one , Madras one , Somerset one , Hants and the Isle of Wight one , Middlesex two , Oxford one , West

Yorkshire one , West Lancashire one , Cumberland and Westmoreland two , and Leicestershire one . The highest number of votes was 2 , 485 , made on a firsfc application , and the lowest 878 . There were 390 votes difference between the lowest and second lowest , and 1607 between the highest and the lowest . ^

UNSUCCESSFUL . No . on List Name Forward Polled Total 3 Hayes , Ellen ... 214 483 697 22 Henshaw , Helen Mabel - — 624 624 25 Haworfch , Sylvia Mary . — 428 428 10 Woodward , Minnie - - 110 223 333 13 Hutchings , Jane Wheeler ¦ — 38 38 18 Ochsenbein , Annie Lucie - — 13 13

The nsual votes of thanks to the Chairman and Scrutineers closed the proceedings .

The Grand Festival will be held on Wednesday next , when the M . W . the Grand Master H . R . H . the Prince of Wales will be again installed , and the new Officers appointed . A banquet will be provided by the Grand Stewards at Freemasons' Tavern .

Quarterly Court Of The Boys' School.

QUARTERLY COURT OF THE BOYS ' SCHOOL .

THE Quarterly Court of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys was held on Monday , at the Freemasons ' Tavern , Col . Creaton again taking the chair . After the reading of the minutes , which were duly confirmed , Bro . Binckes stated that £ 2 , 000 was about to be invested , making £ 5 , 000 on account of £ 8 , 000 , on the obtaining

of which the Preparatory School was to be commenced . Col . Creaton proposed the re-election of Brother George Plucknett as Treasurer of the Institution , and spoke in praise of Bro . Plucknett ' s performance of his duties . The nronosition was seconded bv Bro . Ravnham W . Stewart

P . G . D ., and carried unanimously . The General Com - mittee of Life and Annual Subscribers who served for last year were re-elected without a dissentient voice . In the case of Hipley , No . 41 on the list , it was agreed that the lad should be admitted by purchase ; Bro . Roebuck P . G . S .

proposed the resolution , and Bro . E . F . Storr P . M . 22 seconded it . The case of George W . King Hill , No . 3 on the list , was then discussed , Bro . Binckes desired to bring it forward because a report had got abroad that the mother of the boy bad been left by her late husband in comfortable circumstances . Brother Gladwell P . M . 172 was

immensely pleased that Bro . Binckes had mentioned the case ; he assured the brethren that having made full inquiry into the case , the assertion was incorrect . The case of Frank Alexander Herring , No . 55 , was also brought before the Court , the remarks anent this case that have

appeared in this journal having directed the attention ot the subscribers to it . Considerable discussion ensued ; Bros . Alpass G . Standard Bearer , Godtschalk , Raynham

W . Stewart P . G . D ., and others taking part . A motion was at length made , that the case be struck out , but it was negatived by 28 votes against 24 . Bro . W . Roebuck ' s motion to add to Law 65 the words " The two

Householders signing the bond , shall also undertake to remove the boy from the School at their own expense dnring the holidays sanctioned by the House Committee , in the event of the parents or relatives refusing to do so , " was withdrawn .

The Election was then proceeded with , the number of declared vacancies being thirteen . The names of Successful candidates will be found on another page , here we content ourselves by supplying the number of votes polled by the candidates unsuccessful on this occasion .

UNSUCCESSFUL . No . on List Name "Forward Polled Total 11 Willett , George Cross - - 1751 825 2576 8 Stewart , Charles Edward - 1979 563 2542 15 Wyatt , Augustine William . 354 2029 2423 5 Stanford , William Bryant - 1873 280 2153 26 Hennah , Frederick Wolfe - 809 1231 2040 57 Steed , Ernest Arthur - - — 1794 1794 22 Sykes , Richard Alfred . - 329 1351 1680 29 Hooper , Lionel Charles •. 745 799 1544 25 Hare , Harold Malcolm - . 940 603 1543 10 Skelton , Frederick Francis - 1021 373 1394 24 Pratt , Alfred ... 527 606 1133 23 Williams , Arthur Frederick . 597 498 1095 59 Carre , Emile Eugene P . - — 917 917 4 Liversidge , Charles Percy - 655 169 814 41 Hippey , Henry Ernest - . 527 76 603 21 Delafons , Eichard William - 363 230 593 34 Shaw , John ... 299 266 565 9 Windross , John Benjamin - 256 263 519 37 Walters , John Edward - - 134 346 480 27 Rosier , Reginald Walter A . ( deceased ) 451 10 461 55 Herring , Frank Alexander - — 460 460 38 Coleman , Frederick F . - - 110 340 450 20 Gale , Horace 220 110 ^ 30 43 Powsey , Thomas Edwin - — 277 277 35 Beaumont , Reginald - . 102 116 218 32 Woodward , Thomas ( withdrawn ) 215 2 217 47 Booker , Herbert Walter - - — ' 164 164 53 Seagrave , James Pullen - - — 161 161 6 Long , Joseph William - - 154 1 155 28 How , John 140 13 153 13 Cummings , Charles Brown . 106 — 106 7 Pudney , Frederick - 97 — 97 1 Collinson , James ... 69 22 91 64 Whiting , Robert Henry - — 91 91 63 Hildred , Benjamin Meeds - — 81 81 54 Bailey , Frank Bernard - — 76 76 52 Lillywhite , Herbert J . M . - — 62 62 46 Longman , Frederick W . - - — 28 28 R 2 Habgood , William Ernest - — 25 25 36 Townsend , William Benjamin - 9 2 H 51 Bevis , Samnel Harman - — 11 11